Review

Veritas Simple Backup is the smallest, simplest, and cheapest backup app we've seen, but it works only with CD-R/RW drives. If you want supereasy, wizard-led backup, you may not mind Simple Backup's limitations. However, you simply can't do as much with Simple Backup as you can with other backup apps. Choose it for only the most basic backup needs. For a more full-featured app, look to GoBack instead.Veritas Simple Backup is the smallest, simplest, and cheapest backup app we've seen, but it works only with CD-R/RW drives. If you want supereasy, wizard-led backup, you may not mind Simple Backup's limitations. However, you simply can't do as much with Simple Backup as you can with other backup apps. Choose it for only the most basic backup needs. For a more full-featured app, look to GoBack instead.

Confusing download identitySimple Backup suffers from a bit of an identity crisis. The program comes from Veritas, a company well known for enterprise-level software. However, another company, Stomp, handles Simple Backup's distribution and support. The main interface of the product is branded with the Stomp name, but the copyright and license agreement say Veritas.

You can buy Simple Backup online from Stomp, but before you do, check the list of supported devices. Simple Backup works only with CD-R/RW drives. It won't work with removable drives (such as Iomega Jaz and Zip drives), tape drives, or other hard drives. Also, you must download the PDF manual from Stomp, since one is not included with the program. Then again, Simple Backup is so easy to use, the manual is almost unnecessary.